Since the beginning of the school year our Active Schools Committee have been working extremely hard to earn our Active School Flag. After a tremendous whole school effort we were awarded the flag last week. What an amazing achievement for the school, particularly all the boys on the Active Schools Committee who worked so hard.
On Wednesday 2nd April, St. Pius X BNS was represented by a team of our 6th class boys ( Shay, William, Aidan and Sean, pictured here with Mr. Réamonn) in the County Finals of the Ballyroan Library Inter-School Quiz. Having held the lead for the first seven rounds, the Pius boys were strong contenders for the win. However, the final …
Ms. O’Neill’s Senior Infants enjoying some reading time with their Buddies from Mr. Dillon’s 5th in the classroom and reading in the sunshine on yard! Bliss!!
Boys from Mr. Deery’s, Ms. Hunt’s & Ms. O’Connor’s were lucky enough to participate in Engineers Week. PhD students from UCD dropped by on Thursday to talk all things engineering as well as giving the boys some brain teasing engineering challenges. Have a look at how the boys got on!
Coach Mark from Klass Kickz is back in our school for the next 6 weeks with 4th and 5th class boys. Over the next couple of weeks these classes will brush up on their soccer skills while also having lots of fun. We definitely have some future stars on the pitch!
Mr. Deery’s 4th Class got to showcase all their hard work in RDS Simmonscourt at the ESB Science Blast on Tuesday. The boys in the class chose a question which they could research and investigate in school before displaying all their results and findings to present to judges and other schools from across the country. The class investigated how submarines …
The St. Pius Green Schools Committee have been working hard to ensure that our school is a clean environment for everyone to learn in. Our Green Schools theme this year is Litter and Waste and the boys have been busy ensuring that every classroom is recycling as much as possible and cutting down on unnecessary waste.
St. Pius Tennis Teams got off to a great start in their opening games in Leinster Sports Club Rathmines. Three teams played exceptionally well on Monday afternoon against St. Mary’s College Junior School and all three teams came out on top after very tough battles. Super performances boys! Keep up the good work!
Fabion in Ms. O’Connor’s class comes away with a silver medal with his volleyball team KVC Dublin. The Kildare competition consisted on 16 teams, Fabion and his teammates got all the way to the finals before being narrowly beaten. Well done Fabion!
